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Newly Diagnosed Comprehensive Diabetes Checklist

Managing Diabetes
This is a list of management skills and required tests all people with diabetes should review.
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If you don’t have all of these skills, ask your physician and certified diabetes educator (C.D.E.) for
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Diabetes & Nutrition help acquiring these skills, or contact the Joslin Diabetes Center nearest you. In order to get as full
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a picture of your diabetes as possible, it is also crucial for you to have all of the tests outlined here,
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and within the time frame recommended.  Download PDF here. 5 Tips for Caring for Your Diabetes
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Meal Planning
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___discuss special foods and occasions Landscape
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___discuss options when dining out
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___portion control
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___low cholesterol, low-fat guidelines
___fitting sugar into the meal plan
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___label reading
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___alcohol

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Self monitoring of blood glucose  

___blood glucose goals Click here to create your personal
___how to use a meter to guarantee accurate results diabetes care plan.
___monitoring schedule
___how to clean meter
___storing supplies
___interpreting blood glucose values and making decisions in diabetes treatment plan

Use of insulin or diabetes pills

___action and side effects of medication
___timing and treatment schedule
___insulin injection technique
___site rotation schedule for injection
___proper storage, refrigeration and disposal of supplies
___what to do for missed doses

Exercise
___exercise guidelines: how long, how hard, how often and when?
___snacking adjustments
___preventing high and low blood glucose

Knowledge of high and low blood glucose

___factors that cause high and low blood glucose
___symptoms
___how to treat
___how to prevent
___when to call a healthcare provider

Foot Care
___daily foot care
___emergency treatment for cuts, sores, abrasions

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___how to do a proper foot exam

___proper footwear

Sick day management

___preventing life-threatening problems
___what to eat and drink
___monitoring and medication schedule
___when to call the doctor

Urine testing for ketones

(for insulin users only)
___when and how to check for ketones
___what ketones mean
___when to call the doctor

Special topics
___meal plan
___skills in taking medication
___glucose monitoring technique
___treatment of high and low blood glucose
___sick day management
___risk factors for health problems
___foot care treatment

Tests should have at least once a year:

___A1C (2-4 times/year)
___Kidney function
___Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglycerides (lipids)
___Foot exam
___Dilated Eye exam
___Blood pressure
___General health exam
___Urinary microalbuminuria
___GFR (for more info, click here)

 
Page last updated: March 26, 2019

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